VMware acquires certain EMC’s Ionix products and expertise
ConvergenceAsia staff
09/03/2010

VMware, the global leader in virtualisation solutions, and EMC, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, have entered into a definitive agreement for VMware to acquire certain software products and expertise from EMC’s Ionix IT management business, including solutions aimed at delivering improved management and deployment of servers and applications in a virtualised data centre.

“Customers are increasingly leveraging virtualisation as the foundation for modern IT architectures and their path to Cloud Computing,” said Paul Maritz, President and Chief Executive Officer, VMware. “Essential to this evolution is the ability to provide visibility and compliance from virtualised applications down to the underlying physical infrastructure. The acquisition of these Ionix products and expertise promises to further establish VMware vCenter as the next generation management platform for private cloud infrastructures.”

Under the terms of the agreement, VMware will acquire all technology and intellectual property of FastScale, Application Discovery Manager, Server Configuration Manager and Service Manager and will maintain engineering, marketing, sales and support operations in the United States, Europe, Israel, India and Australia.

As part of the agreement, EMC will retain the Ionix brand and have full reseller rights to continue to offer customers the products acquired by VMware.

Said Pat Gelsinger, President and COO Information Infrastructure Products, EMC, “The storage and network infrastructure is a critical building block for realising the benefits of a private cloud. By focusing EMC efforts on these areas and partnering with VMware to advance their vCenter management strategy, we can jointly help our mutual customers more rapidly realise the full benefits of cloud computing.”

The acquired EMC products and expertise will complement existing VMware development efforts and expand the VMware vCenter product family with capabilities to meet stringent compliance standards in a dynamic virtualised environment.

VMware will continue to work closely with key management partners, including EMC, to provide integrated solutions and interoperability between the entire VMware vCenter product family and management partner solutions in support of heterogeneous environments.

The all-cash transaction of up to US$200 million is expected to close in the second calendar quarter of 2010.

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